Chicago parking by block · South Shore · Ward 5

Parking at 1850 E 71st St

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 1800–1899 E 71st St. Everything here is from City records — 31,484 parking tickets written across 129 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?

Thursday, September 24

9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.

Do I need a permit?

Not in a residential permit zone.

Cameras nearby?

None

None within a 10-minute walk.

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 5, section 4. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

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Streets to watch near 1850 E 71st St

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 6700 S East End Ave alone took 700 tickets in three years, a 10 min walk away.

Street cleaning6,675 tickets

Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.

6700 S East End Ave — 700 tickets, 10 min walk NW
7200 S Bennett Ave — 500 tickets, 4 min walk S
7100 S Bennett Ave — 494 tickets, 2 min walk S

Permit zones1,085 tickets

Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.

7200 S Constance Ave — 585 tickets, 4 min walk SW
7300 S Chappel Ave — 212 tickets, 7 min walk SE
7100 S Blackstone Ave — 137 tickets, 10 min walk W

Plate checks13,786 tickets

Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.

2200 E 70th St — 720 tickets, 10 min walk E
7000 S Clyde Ave — 566 tickets, 5 min walk E
7000 S Crandon Ave — 552 tickets, 10 min walk E

Posted restrictions3,639 tickets

Rush-hour restrictions. Read the sign before you leave it at 4pm.

6700 S Jeffery Blvd — 1,107 tickets, 9 min walk N
6900 S Clyde Ave — 873 tickets, 7 min walk NE
1700 E 68th St — 668 tickets, 8 min walk N

Metered blocks3,316 tickets

Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.

1900 E 71st St — 1,539 tickets, 2 min walk E
1800 E 71st St — 816 tickets, 1 min walk N
1700 E 71st St — 540 tickets, 3 min walk SW

Other enforcement2,675 tickets

Enforced regularly. Read the posted signs before you park.

7100 S Jeffery Blvd — 1,016 tickets, 4 min walk SE
7300 S Jeffery Blvd — 567 tickets, 8 min walk SE
6900 S Jeffery Blvd — 408 tickets, 5 min walk NE

How to not get any of these

A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
Your city sticker and plates bought on time — a missed sticker is $200.
The tickets you still get contested by mail, where 59% are dismissed.

The average ticketed Chicago driver pays $319 a year in fines and late fees. Autopilot is $99/year.

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Ticket counts are parking citations issued 2023–2025 from City of Chicago records obtained under the Illinois Freedom of Information Act (5 ILCS 140), placed to the 100-block. Speed and red-light citations are counted separately. Street-cleaning dates are the City’s published 2026 season for ward 5, section 4. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.